Being Maddie's Dad

Being Maddie’s Dad

Highlights and musings of a Dad and his daughter growing up.

Girl posing with old fashion microphone in black & white
Girl with bucket and spade on empty beach

  • A day at the beach – wow how hot has it been for this time of the year. Drove down to the south coast to one of the most expensive real estate areas in the country – Sandbanks. Seemed nice…

  • The Easter weekend has been so hot, had a great day today playing with Ryan and Darcy. Turned into a spontaneous bar-b-que which was great.

  • Another weekend – another bank holiday! This time thanks to the royals and if there’s one thing that Maddie likes right now it’s princesses. We were invited over to Helle’s house where there was a bit of party. Maddie’s first…

  • With Mette being away this week I was on school run duty. Maddie has taken to playing in the woods after school with her friends (seen here with Matilda). They seem to be on a mission to find the big…

  • Maybe the traditional Disney Characters were scary but to be honest for Maddie this year its all about being a princess. She just loves dressing up and after a bit of pester power we succumbed to the complete Princess make…

  • Before we went to Disney Maddie was so excited about meeting Minnie Mouse. I was really hoping I could get a picture of her with Minnie but it turned out she was a bit scared of the characters!! (Well most…

  • Maddie definitely made it on to Santa’s good list this year. One of her favourite TV shows at the moment is Hannah Montana which goes some way to explaining why Maddie is now decked out as a “rock chick” complete…

  • There are some days when Maddie runs a mile when I get my camera out, you would have thought she’d be used to it by now. There are also other days like when I’m trying to take photos in the…

  • So we have lots of pictures of Maddie, but as I’m normally on the other side of the camera we have very few pictures of us all together as a family. It was great fun if a bit strange not…

  • Ok so here’s another one for the archives. Maddie accidentally knocked her elbow on Mollys head. In this instance Maddie came off worse. A few tears and magic rubs later and she was fine, so I said that perhaps she…